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11Gurus1jot, I agree, I really like this picture of Guru Sahib Ji, of all the pictures to me this captures maybe a little of the tap-tej of Guru Ji. You only fall into the trap of image worship if you let it, to me this is a picture of my father and whenever I see it it reminds me of my father. Just like when you look at a photo album of your family of parents the photos remind you of your father or mother. In the same way these pictures remind us of our father and to me that is a good thing. From what I have read/heard Guru Sahib Ji was tall and slender of build with sharp facial features......... and always with a smile on their face.

if Guru Sahib Wanted to they could have created Sikhi in one Guruship, they had the power to do that but as you see they took ten bodily forms to do so, as a teaching for us, to not just jump on the bandwagon and brandish our shastar but to contemplate the name of god, finding and gaining self realisation first.

Maharaj Ji was Rajrishi ..... wearing beutifully crafted attire, it was the way the raj was going to be won, Maharaj Ji came to establish the Raj of the Khalsa so adopted this attire. Guru Nanak Dev Ji was brahmrishi...... with full concentration on contemplating god and not initially interested in creating Khalsa. Remember one jyot travelling through the embodiment of 10 Guru Sahibs and when the time came the jyot took form of Raj Rishi from Brahm Rishi, (from Guru Arjan Dev Ji to Sri Hargobind Sahib Ji) and created Khalsa

Right. These are the last extracts I’m going to post from the book. As you can tell, it goes a long way in helping us understand what was going on around the soldiers at ground level. Well worth a read. Some marital problems are also evidenced as in these two examples: Some wives were unhappy with the absence of their men: A few letters mention the kindness and stoicism of the French. The emotional reserve demonstrated by French women on the news of the deaths of loved ones must have been striking to the Punjabi men who would have been accustomed to witnessing wild shrieking by womenfolk in reaction to similar news. This is very interesting Urdu letter sent by a Sikh police inspector in Panjab (Eshar Singh) to Jemandar (junior officer of infantry of cavalry) Jai Singh of the 6th Cavalry in France. It provides a clear insight into just how successfully colonial forces had entwined their own propaganda in relation to some men’s perceptions of the Sikh faith. Remember at this time, the Amrit ceremony used by the British for Sikh recruits interpolated vows of loyalty to the British monarchy. Despite the staggering simple mindedness on display here, it is worth remembering that other Sikh men, such as the Ghaddrites obviously didn’t swallow the imperialist version of Sikh identity. Contraband drugs seem to have been sought by at least some personnel. A number of letters request narcotics, providing advice on how to successfully hide the substances in packages. Presumably the availability of such substances was not unknown to the soldiers on the receiving end: Open western style relationships witnessed by the soldiers, who were accustomed to the conservative, restricted nature of interactions between genders in Panjab are commented upon a few times. It appears as if some soldiers viewed the practice of choosing one’s own partner favourably as can be seen below. Maharajah Ranjit Singh’s granddaughter, Sophia, makes contact with the Sikh soldiers: Comments about the education and treatment of daughters: The lack of literacy and reliance on outsiders to write is mentioned thus: Some men contracted venereal diseases: Sympathy to the Ghaddarites can be detected in this Urdu letter sent by a 3rd year Sikh student in Agra Chank. Men were under serious pressure to recruit back in Punjab:

I think you are looking for this http://www.ratwarasahib.com/amolaklaal.pdf

1. What will you do? (try to avoid making dictatorship or violent decisions - such as remove him or her, ban this or that). 1) My first step would be to find a cabinet of chardikala gursikhs with full knowlege who must at least know the nitnem banis kant as well as the meanings of all the banis and must be touched with the messege 2) My second step would be to gather a meeting of sarbatt khalsa and sent up jathas in every country so that there will always be communication on Sikh issues and we can unite easily 3) From these jathas build parcharaks in the old days sikhs used to live togather and for that reason we were united now Sikhs have forgotten the meaning of Khalsa and erveryone lives there own life. For example if a women sees a girl at the gurudwara she will think it is someone elses daughter. I want to clash this independent thinking and make it one panth where all our brothers and sisters. no more chugli and nindak . A sikh is a sikh n their alllegiance shud b to sikhi first. Guru sahin never cared about quantity only quality. so here is how the jathas would run money is put togather those who dont work do seva for the jatha children are taught togather the values of sikhi in these communities is a large gurudwara and parcharakhs which speak the language of the people in the place they are located a gurudwara centers the community and is the place where all will recive meals ect and engage in seva learning and charity these communites will be great centers for parupkareee and will work to do all sorts of seva for all people crossing all borders and always defend justice the reason behind this is that sikhism has always been about giving ones head to guru jis dharma to the naam so this is to weed out those who truly want to follow the path and those who just want to goof around vbecause if we dont we will never become strong in the past sikhs were always united and this will be true sangat because for the most part only those who truly love sikhi would be able to live in such a place where salaries are merged life runs on seva and the only misson is spreading goodness to humanity those people who are still stuck in dualty n rituals or who are more punjabi would not be attracted to such a lifestyle but those who are merged in simran and seva would and this type of simple life wiolll help kill ego and sangat sangat everywhere think about it , if u have ur community how easier is it for youth to stay on the right path, for women to wear keskis n keep kesh, for men to wear turbans, to combat the vikaars so for this reason i would issue hukamnamas that as much as possible sikhs stay in groups of jathas togather so they could support eachother on the inside and support the world on the outside 4) I would make a rule that a Sikh is defined alone by rehit and love of Guru Sahib. I would get rid of association with jatha but not practices. for example a Sikh can follow whichever rehit they please , respect all mahapurakhs like sant ji and bhai randhir singh and baba nand ji and all these would come under one khalsa but noone would have the right to call themselves taksali or akj instead all sikhs will respect and believe in the taksal for matters of studying gurbani and the best scholars versed in all great gurubani teekas from our past and all history books will teach a curriculum and the taksal will be responsible for all parchar the nihung dal will be responsible for seva and for insuring that we are always ready to stand for dharam in the form of selfless service or jung there will always be samagams and always all rehits will be tolerated and loved. in a family brothers and sisters disagree but we are all children of one parent. the khalsa too is the same . 5) Stop bowing down at the feet of badal and congress and all govenrnmen - get rid of the shameful indian gov provided security guards , come on the jathedhar of akal thakat using security B) Use the tons of money I have to do seva and parchar and 6) Make the sgpc schools affordable and corruption free and have free tuition centers as well as the best most elite free hospitals in all Gurudwaras ( this is because education is a must for punjabs yputh and must schools are corrupt and unaffordable and the healthcare in india is a mess) education is the key for Sikhi to exel in the world 7)have after school programs in every village 8)allow bibia full freedom to do kirtan 9) have Prof Sahib Singh Jis teeka fully in english as well as other dharamic texts 10) Pass a hukamnama to stop the printing of Birs of Guru Granth Sahib ( Gurbani will still be available to all in electronic format and/ or at Gurdwaras) if there is museebat like a Sikh lives far away than each case will be revieved but limit where copies of Guru Sahib are (in order to stop beadbei) 11) Make shelters seperate from Gurdwaras (so those who are intoxicated have a temporary support where they can turn around) 12) Make a test for parcharaks as well as higher their pay make sure they are on the same page and ritual free (if they are bowing to statues and wearign red threads what will they preach to sangat?) 13) Self rule- since when did sikhs start siding with julum sarkars? never from the time of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. We Sikhs are still the khalsa of the jot of Guru Nanak which is in gurbani. and the body of that jot is the khalsa forever and ever. In the old days we sikhs never gave taxes because the government was corrupt we were fearless and united.That is why we grew. Now we are scared and that is y we have lost power plain n simple. We chase after maya n fear death and dont connect with God. Those sikhs were jeeven mukath who cud kill them? We too must reach that state cause even if we dont have land yet who cares this earth belongs to waheguru this earth belongs to dharam and we are the defenders of true daya and dharam. wherever we are we will never bow down. it is sad that guru sahib made akal thakat to be stronger than dehli thakat but we have bowed. never anymore. 2. What major positive or negative changes you will plan to bring? (please be realistic, you can't say: kill him or arrest them) Well i would make keski for females as well but not a kakaar tho. meaning it is required as much as it is for males because in my expirience i never felt more belonging to the guru thn i did the first day i wore a keski it is important for equality as well and will take our mothers away from the spirit of rituals and fasts to the spirit of being singhnees. well most of my changes are up there in number one the communities ect but i would make sure all sikhs had acsess to the best shastar as well and free kakaars always as this is a problem for indias poor i would run a free airline for sikhs ( the sgpc is rich enough) with flights going to amritsar always and if thats hard than a navy fleet where all could always come and do darshan anytime and once again the panth would be togather. these flights would be kirpaan accessible. 3. What will be your 4 major policies or your signature ideas (1st to be highest priority. Example: Obama's signature platform was healthcare and clean energy) 1)bringing the spirit on fearlessness n naam back into our panth as well as self soveignity 2) Sikhs living in jathas all across the world and these jathas being run uniformily 3)making sure the panth is united and communication limes are always open. 4) providing all basic needs (schools food hospitals healthcare) to all people (all of humanity ) in each gurudwara and lots los of parupkaar 4. What changes will you prefer or plan to bring in SGPC? (Some facts: There are 175 members, mostly voted by rural folks. They are official holders of annual 600 crore budget). use the budget for education and parupkaree and the airline and giving sikhs kakaars ect require a test be given and those who occupy the seats be adept in path, meanings sikh history and philosipy make a test for those who vote as well , because they too must be informed inorder to make the right choice, the right to vote will be a privilige only for those who are involved and know enough to make a wise choice and from the jathas we have before in each one one leader will be apointed and two representives who will fly to amritsar each year and we will have a congress of them so that the needs of all sikhs are heard and adressed note the vote test will be open to the world because khalsa isnt only in punjab anyone who passes the test will earn the right to vote period 5. Create your own question and answer it by yourself !! i will in a lil bit

According to respected maryada above, taksal and nihangs shouldn't be lighting jot with ghee and performing arti-arta rituals as well. Not just that, vegetarians shouldn't be debating regarding eat meat is allowed or not, as kuttah is allowed in complete maryada. Jatha which is against ragmalla, should read ragmalla as well according to above maryada in its totality. It's naive to think current maryada we have is 100% perfect (as guru maharaj would like), overall its definitely on a right track with few exceptions. Panthic maryada regardless of shortcoming should be respected, I am not claiming supermacy of jatha/samparda's maryada over panthic maryada.. But when jathedars of all five takth sahibs themselves cannot reach full agreement on some of things listed in sri akaal takth sahib maryada then there is a huge problem. I really suggest jathedars from all takth sahibs to go back in the table work on the things they don't agree with..work towards perfection...they recently did that on decade long issue regarding nanaksahi vs bikrami calendar...they did a amazing job by striking an balance between puratan traditions and rational thought.

After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supporting by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head. With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure. He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruin house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his had through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement,” A child! There is a child! “ The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up. The medical doctor came quickly to exam the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone inside the blanket. There was a text message on the screen. It said,” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passing around from one hand to another. Every body that read the message wept. ” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mother’s love for her child!!

Does anybody have a favourite portrait of Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaaj. This is my favourite!

thank you Bhai Sahib again when i had read awhile ago that Swami Ji became a Sikh and wrote couple of books of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji i was happy but they were in hindi and i thought i will never get a chance to read them, now i will thank you WaHeGuRu.

I have been wanting to get hold of this for soo long. thanks very much bhai sahib jeeo!

Does maharaaj actually care how we do his simran as long as we are actually doing something that truly helps us in doing his simran?